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dgphotog By any chance, did you get an assurance that it will be a brand new phone, or will they pull the "like-new" line? It may be too new a model to have shelves of refurbished available, but it always irks me that I must inherit someone else's problem unit when I invoke the warranty replacement (at least with VZW). I've had two occasions over the years when the issues with the 'new' phone were worse than the one I was returning.
What do you think they do with phones returned in the 14 day window just because someone didn't like it? They can't just throw away a $700 plus dollar device because someone wasn't happy with it, it becomes a refurbished. Even most insurance companies are using refurbished phones, kinda sucks, but having worked at Verizon I know at least 95% of them are as flawless as a new phone.